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Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A sports journalist describes his attempts to parent his sons through life's inevitable setbacks, a challenge that prompted his interviews with experts in a range of fields to explore the fear of failure and how setbacks can be used productively.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Every child messes up, sometimes in ways that seem sure to wreck their futures: a bad report card, poor sportsmanship, underaged drinking. These are tough moments for parent and child alike, often complicated by the fear that the misstep is also an indictment of our parenting. But what each of these "fails" has in common for our kids is the precious silver lining of a chance for character building and developing more grit-if we help them process...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
p2015.
Language
English
Description
"Through the insights of her own teachers and life journey, Pema Chödrön offers us her heartfelt advice on facing the unknown-- in ourselves and in the world-- and how our missteps can open our eyes to see new possibilities and purpose"--Back of container.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Any setback--a championship loss, a bad grade, a botched audition-can be seen as a step forward when teens possess the right tools to turn that loss into a gain of knowledge. Drawing on nearly fifty years of leadership experience, Dr. Maxwell provides a roadmap for becoming a true learner, someone who wins in the face of problems, failures, and losses."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
This book outlines a counterintuitive approach to changing the world by assessing its failures, drawing on myriad disciplines to argue that complex challenges must be met through adaptive trial-and-error practices that do not depend on expert opinions or ready-made solutions. The author shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The co-authors of the New York Times best-selling "NurtureShock" turn their attentions to the cutting edge science behind life's triumphs and failures and offer insight from politics, finance, science, sports and economics to tip the odds in the readers' favor.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important...
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-two notable writers-including Bob Sullivan, Abby Ellin, Mike Pesca, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Louisa Hall, and Gay Talese-examine the untold stories of the losers, and in doing so reveal something raw and significant about what it means to be human"--
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Meet Raymond Gunt. He's a B-unit cameraman who enters a downward failure spiral that takes him from London to Los Angeles and then on to an obscure island in the Pacific where a major American TV network is shooting a Survivor-style reality show. Along the way, Gunt suffers multiple comas and unjust imprisonment, is forced to re-enact the Angry Dance from the movie Billy Elliot and finds himself at the centre of a nuclear war.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers--helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early...
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corporation
Pub. Date
c1952
Language
English
Description
A drama about a successful but disillusioned writer who is near death from a hunting wound in Africa and who reviews his amorous intrigues and his experiences as hunter and world traveler. Filmed in part in Africa, Paris, and on the Riviera.
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a crime novel that upends all the genre's conventions, a biologist returns to Colombia after fifteen years abroad and quickly becomes entangled in the trappings of his past: a murdered brother, a dealer of beautiful thoughts, a private school where students disappear and girls give birth to strange creatures. A chance encounter with an old acquaintance leads to a job offer and launches an inner conflict full of holes and missteps. Ultimately,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This fun book of quirky failures and famous flops will keep kids laughing while they learn the importance of messing up in order to get it right. Science, architecture, technology, entertainment--there are epic fails and hilarious goof-ups from every important field. Silly side features help to analyze the failures: Lesson Learned, It Could Be Worse, Losing Combinations, and a Fail Scale help readers navigate the different kinds and scopes of the...
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